Warren Gatland, the injured Wales head coach, said he will be "up and running
around" soon and hopes to join the Welsh squad in time for their second Test
against Australia in Melbourne next month.

Gatland was ruled out of the tour earlier this year after a fall off a ladder at his holiday home in New Zealand left him with fractures in both heels, paving the way for assistant Rob Howley to lead Wales in Australia.

However, Gatland told BBC television that he hopes to be fit enough to link up with the Welsh squad midway through their three-Test tour.

"I can assure you I am going to be right in a few weeks and be up and running around," he said.

"At this stage, I'll probably struggle to make Brisbane for the first Test. If I can be in Melbourne and Sydney for the second and third Tests, that will be great.

"As much as anything, just to go and have a little bit of an input, really, to support the coaches and players as much as anything."